The Canadian Press, 21 May 2011

OTTAWA — A watchdog report has found that Canada's spy agency -- CSIS -- hasn't lived up to a Supreme Court ruling.

The ruling was from the case of Montrealer Adil Charkaoui, who was arrested for suspected terrorist links.

He was set free in 2009 after the case against him buckled.

The high court ruled that CSIS violated its legal obligation to keep documentation and disclose notes and other material during judicial proceedings.

CSIS made it policy to file notes and other information.
But CSIS inspector general Eva Plunkett says when she asked for original notes cited in agency reports, the spy agency couldn't produce them in some cases.

She says CSIS later determined its own reports were wrong and that no notes had been taken to support the information in them.

CSIS spokeswoman Isabelle Scott says the agency has since corrected the errors in its processes.